Key exits furniture retailer
Private equity house, Key, has achieved a 3.8x return following the sale of bespoke furniture retailer Neville Johnson Group in a secondary management buyout to London-based Alcuin Capital Partners.
Key have been instrumental in shaping our vision to become the leading provider of luxury fitted furniture for every room in the home.
Neville Johnson Group, which trades under its Neville Johnson and Tom Howley brands, is a leader in the luxury market for premium furniture and fitted kitchen products.
The Trafford Park-based company employs 270 staff and recorded turnover of £33m in the year to April 2014 – a 20 per cent increase on the previous year.
Neville Johnson was backed by Key in 2008 and has delivered strong year-on-year growth for the past six years. Part of this growth has been down to its acquisition of Tom Howley, which specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of luxury fitted kitchens.
Annual orders intake for the Tom Howley brand has grown from £2m in 2010 to over £11m this year, driven by the launch of additional showrooms in London, Brentwood and Beaconsfield.
It has been a real pleasure working with a first-class management team over the years. During this period the business has almost doubled in size and we are confident it will continue along the same trajectory with Alcuin’s support.
A team at KPMG advised Neville Johnson and Key, led by Jonathan Boyers, Giles Taylor, Pinesh Mehta and Paul Dolyniuk.
Will Oxley and Julia Stokes at Grant Thornton provided vendor financial due diligence. Sean Fitzgerald and Paul Johnson at Ward Hadaway provided legal advice to Neville Johnson and Key, while Adam Greaves and Saffron Finch at Jones Day advised Alcuin Capital.
RBS in Manchester provided debt finance, led by Stuart Watson.